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 * Map of Revolutionary War Territories ||

__The War for Independence__
* Fighting at Lexington and Concord between British and 13 colonies * Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in May 1775 * Most important colonial leaders make an appearance * Pennsylvania sent Benjamin Franklin * Massachusetts sent John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and John Adams *Virginia sent George Washington and Patrick Henry
 * 1: At War With The Homeland**

I: The Second Continental Congress * Patriots send King George the Third a letter called "The Olive Branch Petition" * Second Continental Congress forms colonial army * George Washington chosen to lead Continental Army * Congress voted to print its own paper money II: The Continental Army * Battle of Bunker Hill fought June 17, 1775 * 14,500 enrolled; no uniforms * Many soliders carried no guns; instead they went to war with spears and axes. * Soliders taught to fight the way the American Indians did * Army had little money and no trained soliders * Washington made rules and trained the soliders
 * The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 ||

III: The British Advantage * British has the best training, most experienced officers, newest weapons * British had troble transporting supplies * If continentals did not get pay come harvest time soldiers would go back to their farms

Lesson 1 Vocab

 * olive branch || a symbol of peace ||
 * Continental || a solider fighting for the colonies ||
 * mercenary || a hired soldier ||
 * enlist || to join ||

* By 1776, the colonists prepared for a longer war
 * 2: The Decision for Independence**

I. The First Steps * January 1776, Thomas Paine published a pamphlet call Common Sense * Paine attacked King George and questioned the idea of 1 person having authority * June 1776, Richard Henry Lee said the colonies no longer owed allegiance to the king * Not all colonies were ready for independence * Declaration of Independence thought of in 1776 * Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Rodger Sherman and Thomas Jefferson all contributed to the Declaration * Thomas Jefferson was a leader of the Virginian Patriots * Jefferson wrote about problems with British Rule

II. Writing the Declaration

* Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, wanting his words to help the colonists win their war * Jefferson planned the Declaration in several parts * In the introduction, Jefferson stated why the Declaration was needed * In the second part of the Declaration, Jefferson listed the colonists main ideas about government * In the third and longest part of the Declaration, Jefferson listed the colonists' grievances * In the final part of the Declaration, Jefferson described why the 13 colonies were no longer part of Britain * On June 28, 1776, the Declaration was read aloud to Congress * On the morning of July 2, 1776, Richard Henry Lee's idea of cutting ties with Britain was approved without a single "no" * On July 4, 1776, the colonists made and approved a few small changes and the 13 colonies declared independence


 * 3: Americans Take Sides **

* After the Declaration was signed, people had to decide if they would support the Rebels (against Britain) or the British king * A third of the colonists were loyalists (supporters of the king), a third were Patriots (rebels) and the last third chose to be neutral * Friends and family were torn apart, turning the Revolution into a civil war as much as it was against the British

I. Curches and the War * Many things affected people's views, including religion * The Quakers, a religious group, were pacifists * Quakers published pamphlets calling for an end to the war * Loyalists and Patriots alike saw pacifists as their enemies

II. Women and War * Many women took part in the movement to obtain freedom * When Patriots began to boycott British goods, women banded together to make goods * Some women formed groups to raise money and get clothing for Colonial soliders * People from Lancaster, Pennsylvania formed a group called the Unmarried Ladies of Aerica, refusing to marry anyone that wasn't a Patriot * Women took part in the fighting as well * One women, an African American named Phillis Wheatly, used her mind to spread the idea of independence * Mercy Otis Warren, wrote a play making fun of the British * Not all women were Patriots; in every colony there were Loyalist women

III. Native Americans and the War * Most Indians refused to meddle in the war * Native Americans had begun to grow angry with the British and the Patriots * Settlers from both sides had begun to settle in Indian lands